What does it mean to be responsible? Responsible means taking care of your duties; being accountable for your own actions. Being responsible also means to me is to take ownership; owning what I need to do and accepting the blame when I cause the problem. Committing ourselves to lead‚ to create‚ to solve problems involve being responsible. Whether it’s cleaning the house or just attending class‚ I am acting out of what it means to be responsible. When I think of having responsibilities I think
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Arthur Millers play “Death of a Salesman” is a well-recognized drama‚ yet it has been controversial due to the ethnicity of the actors performing it. Critic John Lahr believed that Millers play “Death of a Salesman” could not be preformed by black actors. This is a play with universal themes‚ such as the “American Dream”‚ but the American Dream was different for African Americans back then‚ than what it is today in modern society. In the Hard Sell “A black Death of a Salesman” August Wilson
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The Black death was a disease that spreaded over Western Asia‚ the Middle East‚ North Africa and Europe during 1346 to 1353 causing great human fatalities because it killed within a week. It was not until centuries later‚ that people (Europeans) started calling it the Black Death. Due to the underdeveloped techniques of science and antibiotics‚ people were not aware of bacteria‚ viruses and other agents of disease‚ therefore they thought it was God´s punishment. The black death reached Europe
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of a black man name Othello‚ who secretly marries a white girl named Desdemona. As the play develops Othello lets jealousy take the best parts of him. Meanwhile Iago plans his revenge against Othello using women as the weakest link to get into Othello’s head. In Shakespeare time women were possessions rather than equal human beings. Desdemona‚ Emilia and Bianca are the only three women in the play and they are constantly dominate and stereotype by men. Desdemona is a tragic wife. Her character
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speculate that the men could have died from infected polar bear meat‚ exhaustion‚ or hyperthermia‚ as their cause of death is still unknown. Although the men perished‚ It is evident from their diaries that they maintained a positive spirit as they persevered throughout the expedition. Even their last journal entries were optimistic‚ when they realized they were at the brink of death. Without their prominent enthusiasm the men would not have been able to persevere for so long. This may be a positive
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Responsible Borrowing Worksheet Many students borrow federal student loans to pay for college. The goal of this assignment is to help you learn how to borrow responsibly‚ which may mean that you do not borrow at all or that you borrow only what you truly need. To borrow responsibly‚ you must understand your options and establish a financial plan for your entire program. With that plan in place‚ you can then focus on your classes and making connections with instructors and other students. Step 1
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Social African slavery in the American colonies first began in the 1670’s and 1680’s‚ particularly in the Chesapeake region. However‚ it wasn’t until the 1700’s that slavery became a full blown business. Events causing the need for slaves were: the lack of English settlers willing to become indentured servants‚ the ability of prospective immigrants to migrate somewhere else in the United States‚ and the lack of open land which turned away potential settlers. The need of the Chesapeake tobacco farmers
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Are We Responsible? Over the years‚ the earth has had a dramatic alteration. From the sky to the soil we walk on daily‚ the earth is being lethally effected. All over the world‚ there are problems with keeping earth resources from contamination. Scientist and research groups have studied the measurements of the Earth surface temperature to discover changes about our earth. Today we are facing disintegration with earth resources. Earth’s temperature has become warmer than the earth was centuries
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5th AP History January 13‚ 2003 The Responsible Electorate V.O. Key‚ Jr. Election returns identify which candidate gets the most votes from the electorate‚ but in essence‚ that’s all it really tells us. Why does one candidate get more votes than another? We cannot assume it’s because of his past record or promises for the future. It’s interesting to examine what make the electorate vote as it does. Instruments such as the Gallup Poll have helped experts determine voting behaviors of a large
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2014 Death and a Protagonist In Faulkner’s “A Rose for Emily” we meet a protagonist Emily Grierson. Emily is so objective to change that she’s watched‚ by the townspeople‚ decay. Her decay shows the death of aged values and lifestyles. Grierson allows the death of her father to influence her so much she goes to the furthest extreme to keep Homer in her life. In parts one through three we’re told about times changing and Emily staying the same she starts physically transforming after the death of
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